Numizmatičke Vijesti, Vol. 62 No. 73, 2020.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
Private Hungarian coinage from Sigismund to Ivan Zapolja
Amer Sulejmanagić
orcid.org/0000-0003-3994-7085
; Kantonalni zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa
Sažetak
The paper describes coins issued, with royal approval, by magnates and some
institutions in medieval Hungary. These special editions of gold guldens, denars (and its
factions), obols and pennies (pfennigs) differed from regular royal coins only in the marks
identifying the persons (and institutions) they were minted for, and the chamberlains
and minters who struck them, and who otherwise also struck regular royal money.
These were private editions that numismatists define as “coins minted for” and not
“coins minted by”. They were not produced on the basis of the right to issue coins, nor
did the person (institution) to which they belonged necessarily have its own mint. They
were struck in existing royal mints which they leased, to pay for war expenses or other
debts. The author separates this material from the total body of Hungarian numismatics
and systematizes it chronologically, according to monetary types, categories of persons
and institutions for which it was minted, as well as markings. This method of coinage
throws a light on the historical-social-monetary-political context and its participants,
and has enabled separating this material into a completely distinct entity within the
overall numismatic corpus. Several earlier approaches, judged here as obvious and
major errors, have undergone corrections.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
259151
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Datum izdavanja:
29.11.2020.
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